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Topic: Cool getogether sunday but bad news on my engine
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PurpleNotch
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Well for those of you that were there sunday you might have wondered why my notch was blowing white chunks.. well its confirmed its the head gasket. i guess after about 1500 miles a few dyno runs and a few track runs and the occ. fun time on the road the head gasket went. i started tearing it down after the event and today i found the culprit looks like #3 cyl. just a few small pin holes what a pain. well my bro is decking the head and cleaning up the valves so hopefully ill have this puppy running by this weekend.. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
here are some progress pics...
[ February 20, 2006, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: PurpleNotch ]
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SydeWayzSix
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sorry to hear that bro...but at least you found the problem while the car was parked and not while you were cruising around. Good luck with it all
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88DroptopGT
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Did you diagnose why the HG blew?
Tune/gas/cooling system/psi? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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svt306snake
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I KNEW IT MAN GLAD YOU DIDNT TEAR IT UP BUT I SEE YOU ARE LIKE ME AND DIDNT WASTE ANYTIME GETTING TO IT GOOD SHIT MAN SHE STILL THE BOMB
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PurpleNotch
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thanks t and not sure what blew it i mean it is tuned conservative. maybe just a weak gasket it was very minute you know just a few small pin holes barely noticable. ...everything is for sale..
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Hyperider
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I kinda thought it wasn't the cleaner. It really didn't look right at all. Glad you found the problem. Hope you get it running soon. Too bad I didn't get to meet you. You car was surrounded by a lot of people. Nice car though!
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J24I
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saw your car smoking at the meet.. ![[Frown]](frown.gif) the car's inspired me for a while now, all the way back to Foster Freeze meet when you still had the welds and no hood on the car...Hope the cars fixed soon
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94gt
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that sucks to hear man!
but at least you know what it is now and you can get it fixed tho!
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liftedF150
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quote:
Originally posted by J24I:
saw your car smoking at the meet.. the car's inspired me for a while now, all the way back to Foster Freeze meet when you still had the welds and no hood on the car...Hope the cars fixed soon
lol I have yet to see the car with a hood ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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AJBlackGT
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What kind of headgaskets are you using Shaun?
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silverLX
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Did you leave all the studs in place while you pulled the head? I have tried, but thats never worked for me. Good luck on getting it back together, and I also wanted to vouch for how clean this car is...I saw it in person for the first time at treasure island.
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sn8k
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sry to hear about your misfortune shawn... could have been much worse though. I'm sure you'll have that bitch fixed by the weekend ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
[ February 21, 2006, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: sn8k ]
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PurpleNotch
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thanks guys yah shes going pretty well. i had some graphite head gaskets on there and it blew just a few small pin holes it was enough though i got some fel pros now going back on and yah i left the head studs in. thanks guys she will be running in no time!
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